(openPR) - Following the installation in 2007 of a carrier-grade Class 4 TELES NGN solution – one of the largest projects of its kind in Europe – freenet's migration from TDM to NGN has now been successfully completed. The solution enables freenet to migrate from TDM to a full next generation network (NGN) backbone from which its carrier customers will now also benefit.

Stephan Esch, freenet's CTO, has been keeping a close eye on progress: "The TELES solution built a bridge to our existing VoIP services and now we have been able to integrate our DSL-based VoIP-subscribers and all legacy services into a single, standard-based NGN architecture." Apart from an increase in QoS and functionality, Andreas Jürgensen, managing director of the business unit fixed line technology of freenet Cityline GmbH, is also impressed with other benefits gained: "The replacement of our existing system with NGN backbone means a reduced carbon footprint thanks to lower power requirements. Also, less space is required to house the hardware, there has been a substantial reduction in costs, and maintenance is now centralized."

Frank Paetsch, TELES CTO, has followed each step of the deployment through to full migration and believes that the project represents a significant achievement for TELES: "We are very proud to have been given the opportunity by freenet to demonstrate our ability to take on a large-scale and complex project such as this, and we are also very proud of the work we have done to see this deployment through to its successful conclusion."

TELES Class 4 Softswitch cluster technology provides freenet and its customers with five-nines availability, geographically distributed redundancy, support for up to 10 million busy hour call attempts, an advanced and programmable call routing engine, and any-to-any protocol interworking. In addition to its cost-effectiveness and scalability, the Softswitch can be remotely managed, configured, and deployed.

About freenet AG

The freenet Group is the biggest network-independent telecommunications provider in Germany. Following the acquisition of the debitel Group in 2008, the freenet Group now has 19.1 million mobile communications customers, 7.9 million active registered members, 1.8 million paid service customers for digital Internet services, more than 0.9 million DSL customers, and 1.4 million narrowband customers. The freenet Group commands a nearly 20-percent market share in its new core business of mobile communications. The acquisition of the debitel Group in 2008 marks a decisive strategic step toward further consolidation in the telecommunications industry.
The freenet Group focuses on continually improving the value creation of its operations. As a service provider for all mobile networks, freenet offers its end customers and distribution partners the best possible selection of products; at the same time, this gives the Group an outstanding unique selling proposition (USP) in the market. As well as classic mobile communications, mobile Internet is another focus of the company's future corporate development. Here, too, freenet is in an excellent position to successfully implement its strategy: the company possesses high expertise and many years of experience in the portal business, in digital Internet services, creating attractive content and innovative advertising formats — not to mention strong distribution power and proven partnerships.
The freenet Group is the largest independent sales and distribution platform for mobile communications and fixed-line products in Germany, with nearly 1,000 branded shops and 6,000 points of sale alongside its proven online and direct-to-customer sales channels. This puts freenet in a position to provide independent consultation to its customers, across all networks and products.

About TELES

TELES provides worldwide wireline and wireless telephony service providers with complete Class 4 and Class 5 Softswitch solutions, VoIP gateways, and mobile gateways for GSM, CDMA, and UMTS networks. We at TELES are proud of our successful track record having deployed more than 200 live carrier and service provider networks with millions of voice ports.

Contact:
TELES AG
Jason Green
Ernst-Reuter-Platz 8
10587 Berlin
Tel: +49 30 39928 042
Email: marketing@teles.de
Web: www.teles.com